Antimicrobial resistance profile of Pseudomonas aeruginosa producing metallo-β-lactamases [3]

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 124, Issue , 2006, Pages 588-590

  Agarwal, Vandana A ^a   Dongre, Shruti A ^a   Powar, Rajaram M ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; EDETIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MERCAPTOETHANOL; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; POLYMYXIN B; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIFFUSION; DRUG MEGADOSE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FOOD AND DRUG ADMINISTRATION; GENETIC CODE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HYDROLYSIS; IN VITRO STUDY; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 33846518809     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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